Nordic Aquafarms Community Meeting
Press release from Nordic Aquafarms:
Public Information Meeting and Q & A Session with Nordic Aquafarms
When: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Where: Zoom
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- Meeting ID: 835 9218 5856
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Nordic Aquafarms is in the process of preparing and submitting permit applications and related studies to the Water Quality Control Board, California Coastal Commission and Humboldt County Planning Department.
The community is encouraged to attend this town hall meeting to learn more about Nordic Aquafarms permit process, hear application and study highlights, and receive a general project update regarding Nordic’s planned aquaculture facility for the Samoa Peninsula.
At the end of the presentation, Nordic will also welcome questions from the audience.
For more information or support in logging into the meeting, please contact Lynette Mullen at [email protected] or call 707-845-0467.
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I think things may be put on
hold:https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/files/2020-10-05-ecf-285–order-granting-in-part-and-denying-msj_03835.pdf
“The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) violated core environmental laws in approving the genetically engineered (GE) salmon. The court ruled that FDA ignored the serious environmental consequences of approving GE salmon and the full extent of plans to grow and commercialize the salmon in the U.S. and around the world, violating the National Environmental Policy Act. The court also ruled that FDA’s unilateral decision that GE salmon could have no possible effect on highly-endangered, wild Atlantic salmon was wrong, in violation of the Endangered Species Act. The court ordered FDA to go back to the drawing board and FDA must now thoroughly analyze the environmental consequences of an escape of GE salmon into the wild.”
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/federal-court-declares-genetically-engineered-salmon-unlawful/
Fortunately, Nordic Aquafarms does not intend to use genetically engineered stock, according to Humboldt Baykeeper: “In addition to committing to raising locally native species – no Atlantic salmon, for example – company representatives have promised to stay away from genetically engineered (GMO) fish and growth hormones.” –https://www.humboldtbaykeeper.org/nordic-aquafarms/1300-humboldt-baykeeper-statement-regarding-nordic-aquafarms-samoa-project
Thank you for your correction of my comment Susan! That’s good news.
Is Nordic’s No-Genetically Engineered Fish promise written into the state and federal permits? If it isn’t, then that promise not to use them is not binding in the slightest.
Consider: The Trump admin okayed growth and sale of GE salmon earlier this year. If Nordic’s competitors use them and grow salmon twice the speed and half the price, do you really think Nordic will shrug and contentedly watch its market share fall? Because Erik Heim & company ‘promised’ not to use them?
To repeat, if no-GMO is written into their permits as specific conditions, fine. If not… …
Re GE fish You wrote that “company representatives have promised to stay away from genetically engineered (GMO) fish and growth hormones”.
You DO realize that if those “promises” are not specifically laid out in its permits, then they are not legally binding on Nordic in the slightest?
So is No-GE nor growth hormones set within Nordic’s state or federal permits, or just in a company public relations piece?
it’s either this or Fukushima fish.
What about the use of antibiotics and other chemicals?
Nordic claims that their closed system will be isolated from natural sources of infection, which will hugely help control disease issues and the need for antibiotics.
Asked by Humboldt Baykeeper about use of chemicals to address disease outbreaks, anti-biotics and heavy metals, Noyes emphasized that land-based aquaculture facilities have “the ability to exclude parasites and pathogens” and a fish vaccination program will target “any identified pathogens of concern.” https://madriverunion.com/fish-farmers-advance-permit-apps-expect-approvals/
And they expect their highly effective filtration, plus ultra-violet sterilization, will bring the effluent close to drinking-water quality.
They’ve been doing this in Europe since 2017.
Humboldt Baykeeper is keeping a close eye on this one (https://www.humboldtbaykeeper.org/nordic-aquafarms) and no doubt will be issuing press releases to RHBB and other outlets at crucial junctures. We’ll want to follow the action and be ready to hold their feet to the fire. But it’s a great concept and will be an asset to the county if it really works. In the meantime, Nordic is reaching out to us on Tuesday, and will take our questions.
Thank you for the information! I’m in the fence about this project. So many negative effects from the salmon pens, it’s hard to not be skeptical. At one point we were told to only eat farm raised salmon ONCE A YEAR. How bad for you does something need to be to only eat once a year? A quick look at Seafood Watch says “indoor, recirculating tanks” are ok to eat.
I think I would rather see more fish hatcheries than indoor fish farms.
What will the “ density “ of fish be ? Not sure how to word properly, but how crammed together will fish be?
How will fish be removed, but more importantly, how will they be killed?
How often will they be “ processed?
Right after being killed where will they be stored? Frozen etc.
what kind of quality can be expected?
How often will water be replaced or replenished?
Thank you.
Maryellen
Friends don’t let friends eat farmed fish .
When Queried in person about Glyphosate { Roundup} the Monsanto/Bayer death to all herbicide ,
Edward Cotter The Nordic aqua farm Inc “senior Project Manager in Belfast maine , asked me
” what is Glyphosate “?
as of this year with wild herring and anchovy stocks unavailable for this planet wide corporate Soilent-Green type , feed lot industry , 65% of the feed stock is canola, soybean , and other commodity grain and bean , all grown with glyphosate as some part of the agricultural cycle .
and furthermore the Pig Blood and Poultry waste added to make up suitable carnivore protean and fat , likewise bioaccumulates Glyphosate and other agricultural poisons and concentrates these into the fats of the RAS salmon
Friends don’t let friends eat these horrific finned brethren of the factory farmed chicken industry mcnuggets !!!
Industrial fish farms generally feed their livestock “fish-meal” based pellets that are derived from massive “catch anything” drift-net style operations that practice a horrifically destructive style of fishing in unregulated waters. It is one of the most destructive activities on earth, impacting almost every species of marine life. Unless these fish will be eating some food that does not come from fish meal, it should be looked at with a great deal of caution.